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10:40 AM ET, August 19, 2020

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TMZ.com:
Britney Spears Wants Father Jamie Removed as Sole Conservator  —  Britney Spears is looking to make some big changes to her conservatorship — and she's firmly against her father, Jamie, continuing to run the whole show.  —  Britney's court-appointed attorney just filed new court docs spelling …
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Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Is ‘Strongly Opposed’ to Dad Jamie Returning as Her Conservator, Requests Removal … Jamie Spears out?  Britney Spears requested to have her father removed as her conservator more than 12 years after he assumed the role, according to court documents obtained by Us Weekly.
Discussion: Page Six
MKC / Perez Hilton:
Olivia Jade WAS In On It!  Lori Loughlin Told Her To Hide Scheme From ‘Nosey Bastard’ Guidance Counselor! … You know what they say: the family that scams together, stays together!  —  Things are finally wrapping up in Lori Loughlin's legal battle over the college admissions scandal.
Discussion: Page Six
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Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:   Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli Instructed Olivia Jade to Play Coy With ‘Nosey Bastard’ Guidance Counselor, Prosecutors Claim
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Pitching a Top-Secret Project to Hollywood (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Ever since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved to California earlier this year, rumors have swirled that they had a plan to gain a foothold in Hollywood.  They now seem to be taking steps to do that.
Nicholas Hautman / Us Weekly:
Glee's Dianna Agron and Mumford & Sons' Winston Marshall Split After 3 Years of Marriage … Calling it quits.  Dianna Agron and her husband, Winston Marshall, have split after three years of marriage, multiple sources exclusively tell Us Weekly.  —  Celebrity Splits of 2020
Benjamin VanHoose / People.com:
Miley Cyrus Says She Needs to Date Someone ‘Boring’ After Cody Simpson Split: ‘I Need an Anchor’  —  “I've filtered my life of what I will accept and what I will not,” said the singer  —  It can't always be a party in the U.S.A.  —  In a recent interview with Barstool Sports' Call Her Daddy podcast …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Gossip Cop
Glenn Whipp / Los Angeles Times:
Jennifer Aniston: Why ‘The Morning Show’ felt like 20 years of therapy  —  Jennifer Aniston keeps a shoe box and a pair of gloves handy because ... well, it just happened again.  A bird has flown into one of the glass windows of her midcentury Bel-Air home, and Aniston is grabbing the makeshift rescue kit and heading outside.
Discussion: HELLO!
Dino-Ray Ramos / Deadline:
Daniel Dae Kim And Randall Park Team For Asian American-Led Heist Film At Amazon Studios  —  EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Dae Kim and Randall Park are going from polar opposite love interests to Ali Wong in Always Be My Maybe to teaming up for the ultimate plan to snatch some loot.
Discussion: The Wrap
Johnni Macke / Us Weekly:
Kelly Preston's Death Certificate Reveals the Actress Died at Florida Home After Secret Breast Cancer Battle … Kelly Preston's death certificate revealed she died at her family home in Florida, Us Weekly exclusively reports.  —  Russell Crowe, Maria Shriver and More Stars Pay Tribute to Kelly Preston
Discussion: The Sun and Page Six
Los Angeles Times:
Tracee Ellis Ross was saddled with ‘lady chores’ on ‘black-ish.’ So she spoke out  —  “Can't Stop Watching” is back.  In the latest episode of The Times' TV podcast, host and staff writer Yvonne Villarreal asks “black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross, an Emmy nominee for comedy actress …
Discussion: Bossip
Ashley Boucher / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Returns to L.A. While Kanye West Stays in Wyoming: It's ‘Where He Wants to Live’  —  The couple recently spent a week as a family with their kids in the Dominican Republic  —  Kim Kardashian has returned to Los Angeles with her four children as husband Kanye West remains in Wyoming.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Andy Halls / The Sun:
BLAZE IN CHELSEA Made In Chelsea set rocked by huge blaze after car bursts into flames  —  MADE In Chelsea is famous for its fiery drama.  —  But the latest series had a real-life blaze when a car burst into flames.  —  A neighbour of the posh country manor, where stars including Olivia Bentley …
Discussion: Daily Star
Ashley Boucher / People.com:
Ellen DeGeneres Apologizes for Hurting Staffers' Feelings as 3 Producers ‘Part Ways’ with Show  —  “I'm hearing that some people felt that I wasn't kind or too short with them, or too impatient,” the host said Monday during a video conference call  —  Ellen DeGeneres is apologizing to the staff …
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Jaclyn Hendricks / Page Six:
Vanessa Bryant posts photo of Lakers' Kobe Bryant tribute jerseys
Discussion: TMZ.com and Los Angeles Times
Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
Ben Cross Dies: ‘Chariots Of Fire’, ‘Star Trek’ & ‘First Knight’ Star Was 72
Discussion: Us Weekly, Variety and New York Post
TMZ.com:
MLB's Mark Grace Apologizes For Calling Ex-Wife ‘Dingbat’ on Air
People.com:
Baby No. 2! Lily Rabe Welcomes Second Child with Boyfriend Hamish Linklater
Aurelie Corinthios / People.com:
Game of Thrones' Charles Dance (a.k.a. Tywin Lannister) Was ‘Disappointed’ by Final Season
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Refinery29:
Lili Reinhart's Been Through Heartbreak. She Wants To Tell You About It.
Discussion: Page Six
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Ben Feuerherd / Page Six:
New accuser says Cuba Gooding Jr. raped her in Soho hotel room
Discussion: TMZ.com and The Blemish
The Ashley's Reality Roundup:
‘Teen Mom’ News Pile: Farrah Abraham Actually Stoops to An Even Lower Low, Chris Lopez Actually Praises Kail Lowry & More
Discussion: The Sun and The Hollywood Gossip
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Michelle Obama sends a message with her necklace: VOTE
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Quinn Coleman, DJ, A&R Exec and Son of Former BET Chief Debra Lee, Dies at 31
Discussion: The Sun and Page Six
 

 
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